Several years ago I posted about my mother's cousin Thomas Joseph Tirrell. Through that post I was contacted by Thomas Joseph's daughter. She told me all about his exemplary military record during World War 11. She also told me that Thomas had been known as Jack Tirrell for many years and that he retired to north Wales.
I was looking through old newspapers today and came across a few articles. The first was about his wife Brenda who have been seriously injured and a road accident in 1987. At the time I was actually looking for their death records. Brenda obviously recovered from her injuries as she outlived Jack and didn't die until 2000.
There were several reports about the Cambrian Horse Show which was founded by Jack in 1972. This interview is from 1992 when Jack was 82 years old. He died 2 years later in 1994. I wonder if he kept in touch with his family in Yorkshire. He was my first cousin once removed. I can see a likeness to my granddad Herbert William Tirrell (his uncle) from this photograph.
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